On April 28, 2025, the U.S. Departments of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Title VI investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review based on allegations of race-based discrimination in the journal’s membership and article selection processes. The investigations stem from reports that editors made decisions based on authors’ race, including concerns over a submission’s review being expedited due to the author’s minority status and an editor’s statement expressing concern that most respondents to a police reform article were white men. The agencies will examine Harvard’s relationship with the journal, including financial support, oversight procedures, selection policies, and editorial practices. The investigations are being conducted under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race-based discrimination by recipients of federal financial assistance.